| HAWAII PER CAPITA TAX BURDEN | | | | popularity is unmatched. Every year the islands play |
| The per capita tax burden is pretty high in Hawaii and | | | | host to over a million tourists. All these tourists add |
| in recent years it has seen the tax per capita | | | | to the money by paying for a number of things like |
| reaching new heights as it was the highest in the U.S. | | | | the room tax or the general excise tax etc. With |
| One reason behind this may be that the education | | | | each passing year, the popularity is increasing and so |
| system and also the health systems all are under the | | | | is the tourism which is directly related to its revenue. |
| state and work at the state level; whereas in other | | | | HAWAII ECONOMIC HISTORY |
| parts it is in the municipal level. | | | | The main industries in Hawaii prior to it being made |
| HAWAII and OIL | | | | into a U.S state in 1959 were sugarcane, military, |
| A Gas Cap Law was enacted in Hawaii at a time | | | | education, sandalwood, whaling and pineapple. After |
| when the profits were under the microscope and the | | | | statehood, tourism has been the main industry. It |
| prices of oil were to be kept in relation to the prices | | | | contributes a lot to the GSP. |
| of oil that was sold in the mainland U.S. It was due to | | | | HAWAII EXPORTS |
| the Hurricane Katrina that the law was put on | | | | Exports play a small role in the growth of the |
| stand-by. Hawaii was the only that could manipulate | | | | economy of Hawaii. In terms of exporting, Hawaii is |
| the prices of oil using the law of Gas Cap. | | | | engaged in apparel and also food processing. In terms |
| HAWAII TOURISM | | | | of food, Hawaii exports coffee, pineapple, cane sugar |
| Hawaii as perhaps every living soul on this planet | | | | and macadamia nuts. |
| knows is a very famous tourist destination. Its | | | | |